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The Department for Work and Pensions announced today that Michael O’Higgins has been appointed as chair of The Pensions Regulator.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Work entry and retention for lone mothers, along with the attitudes of lone mothers to work and caring for their children.
A speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP.
Disabled people and their organisations asked to join the debate on reforming Disability Living Allowance.
Employment support for disabled people has to offer more help then ever before.
New research published today by the Department for Work and Pensions investigates ‘exempt’ and supported accommodation.
Ministers today reaffirmed their determination to drive private sector rents for Housing Benefit recipients down.
Working Paper which presents the findings from research exploring the administrative costs of running occupational pension schemes.
Findings are published today from a qualitative evaluation of In Work Credit (IWC).
Findings published from a qualitative evaluation of a pilot variation in the structure of In Work Credit payments for lone parents.
Social Security Advisory Committee ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to consider Social Security Regulations (2011).
The organisations making the framework for the Government’s radical new Work Programme, which will see jobseekers given tailored support.
Working paper takes the material deprivation questions for older people and assesses ways that they might be used.
Changes will be made to the Work Capability Assessment to iron out any problems and improve the system.
Research published today reports on local areas that have joined-up the delivery of services for older people.
Development of a new, reliable and short set of indicators to measure attitudes to age in nationally representative surveys.
Community groups in areas across the country can now bid for money to help older people keep active and make the most of their later lives.
Latest ONS Labour Market Statistics for Scotland
Helping some of the most disadvantaged and unskilled people back to work continues to be the top priority of the European Social Fund (ESF).
Rising employment and a fall in the overall numbers out of work is reassuring news, but stubbornly high numbers are dependant on benefits.
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